AFS Welcomes 22 New Corporate Members
SCHAUMBURG, IL - The American Foundry Society, North America’s largest metalcasting trade association and professional society, welcomes 22 new Corporate Members who have joined the organization between January 1 and April 2, 2025.
Read moreAFS launches new online service for foundries to find industry suppliers
Metalcasters have a simple way to find the right products and services for their plants thanks to a new online marketplace launched recently by the American Foundry Society.
SupplierMarketplace.net is a dynamic online service that allows metalcasters to search…
AFS to Lawmakers: Tax Hikes Will Hurt Manufacturers, Cost Jobs
The American Foundry Society is warning federal lawmakers against rolling back pro-growth tax reforms, saying proposed tax hikes on businesses and families will stymie job growth and hurt American manufacturers.
AFS joined onto a coalition letter, delivered Oct…
OSHA sends vaccine ETS to White House office for review
OSHA has sent to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that will require employers with at least 100 employees to ensure their employees are vaccinated or that they submit a negative COVID…
Brian Began Joins American Foundry Society as Vice President, Metalcasting Technical Services
The American Foundry Society announced today that Brian Began will join AFS on Oct. 25 as Vice President, Metalcasting Technical Services. Began comes to AFS from his current employer, ASM International.
Began brings a strong technical and business background to AFS, including:…
Outstanding foundry EHS achievements honored with division awards
Two eminent foundry EHS experts were among several dozen people and organizations honored by the AFS Environmental, Health & Safety Division at the 33rd EHS Conference in Alabama.
Craig Schmeisser was presented on Oct. 6 with the Childress-Loebler Lifetime…
AFS Actions on Biden Administration Vaccine & Testing Mandate
President Biden on Sept. 9 announced his intention to have OSHA implement an emergency standard requiring vaccines and testing at businesses with more than 100 employees. This mandate poses enormous logistical challenges for employers and employees, and may not be constitutional.
AFS…
AFS Opposes Tax Increases, New Mandates in Budget Reconciliation Package
The American Foundry Society is warning lawmakers that U.S. metalcasters will be harmed by a new federal spending package that would significantly hike the tax burden on businesses and stifle the nation’s economic recovery.
House committees finished marking up the Biden Administration’s…
IJMC, FEF partner on student research competition
Undergraduate metalcasting students can win money for college and receive publication credits as part of the newly relaunched IJMC/FEF Student Research Competition.
New for the 2021-2022 school year, this competition replaces prior contests with an updated presentation format…
Some U.S. Foundries Subject to Administration’s New Employee Vaccination Requirement
A new COVID-19 vaccine requirement recently announced by President Joe Biden will affect some U.S. metalcasters.
Biden announced a six-point initiative on Sept. 9 intended to boost vaccinations, increase testing, and make COVID-19 treatments more widely available. Of particular interest…
Upgraded Alloy Database Project Goes Live
An online database of alloy properties has been upgraded thanks to a partnership between AFS, the American Metalcasting Consortium, and the Defense Logistics Agency.
Casting Alloy Data Search, commonly referred to as CADS, is a tool to assist design and foundry…